README.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Tue, 04 May 2021 14:18:06 +0200
changeset 47269 6be2a7ca4b1d
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
revlog: do not call Rust code if the index is not compatible with it This will avoid hitting the TypeError we defined in the previous changesets. This is the simplest fix but not the most elegant. Ideally we would teach the Rust code to use any kind of revlog. However this is an adventure for another time. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10666

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install::

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing::

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.

Notes for packagers
===================

Mercurial ships a copy of the python-zstandard sources. This is used to
provide support for zstd compression and decompression functionality. The
module is not intended to be replaced by the plain python-zstandard nor
is it intended to use a system zstd library. Patches can result in hard
to diagnose errors and are explicitly discouraged as unsupported
configuration.